groove

n.

c.1400, "cave, mine, pit" (late 13c. in place names), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse grod "pit," or from Middle Dutch groeve "furrow, ditch," both from Proto-Germanic *grobo (cf. Old Norse grof "brook, river bed," Old High German gruoba "ditch," Gothic groba "pit, cave," Old English græf "ditch"), related to grave (n.). Sense of "long, narrow channel or furrow" is 1650s. Meaning "spiral cut in a phonograph record" is from 1902. Figurative sense of "routine" is from 1842, often deprecatory at first, "a rut."

v.

1680s, "make a groove," from groove (n.). Slang sense is from late 1930s. Related: Grooved; grooving.

groove

To enjoy intensely; take gratification, esp rather passively and subjectively; go with the flow: To groove means to yield yourself to the flow of activity around you/ I just like to get out there and groove a little(1960s+)

To like and approve; dig: They see the spade cats going with ofay chicks and they don't groove it(1960s+)

o perform very well; be effective: really grooving on that funny trumpet(1935+)